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New COVID-19 policies could make life easier for Coloradans with substance...

Before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, Wendy Dyson would take the 6 a.m. bus every weekday from Commerce City to a Denver methadone clinic for...

Colorado experts recommend opioid settlements mostly go towards treatment and recovery...

Colorado should spend most of whatever settlement money it receives from prescription drugmakers in the opioid crisis on treatment and recovery services, two dozen...

In Colorado’s battle against substance abuse, lawmakers and advocates target recovery...

Early on in his life, it was clear to Mike Mielke that the way he drank and did drugs differed from his peers.  “I would...

The race for this suburban state Senate seat presents challenges for...

State Rep. Brittany Pettersen sat before an 18-member state legislative committee to present a package of bills she helped write aimed at creating more...